Drawings of human excrement having sex in public up for Turner Prize

This year’s Turner Prize contenders have gone on display in London, featuring drawings of human excrement having sex and a bearded female performance artist named Spartacus who lives in a south London nudist colony.

Villa Joe (Front View) 2005-6 by Paul Noble (Picture: EPA)

Four artists have been shortlisted for this year’s art prize and their creations will now be on display at Tate Britain in London until January 6.

One budding finalist, 48-year-old Paul Noble from Northumberland, will be showing off his drawings of Nobson Newton, a fictional city roamed by inhabitants made of human excrement that in some scenes stage orgies.

Odd Man Out 2011 by Spartacus Chetwynd (Picture: EPA)

Another entrant, Spartacus Chetwynd, 38, has choreographed live performance which see audience members asked to lie down as an ‘oracle’ puppet whispers predictions such as ‘you face a loveless future’, ‘beware of Dave’, ‘you will lose your mobile phone next week’ and ‘84% of people have more sense than you’ at them.

Chetwynd, a nudist from south London who changed her name to that of the Roman gladiator when she turned 33, also invites the audience to decide whether to release Jesus or Barabbas from custody in another performance.

Another scene from Odd Man Out 2011 by Spartacus Chetwynd (Picture: EPA)

Sporting a beard at a preview of the work, Chetwynd said: ‘It’s meant to be a special evening for me. I haven’t had time to find a dress so I thought if I put a beard on with an old dress it will be a scintillating combination.’